美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-02-06_在线英语听力室

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1. The National Rifle Association and gun control advocates are facing off at a Senate hearing on curbing¹ gun violence. The NRA says it favors enforcing exsisting gun laws. Former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' husband will be testifying for gun curbs².

2. South Korea has carried out its first successful lauch of a satellite from its own soil. Today's launch comes weeks after North Korea sucessfully launched its own satellite.

3. Police in southern Alabama are trying to negotiate with a man who's holding a 6-year-old boy hostage. Authorities say the gunman got on a school bus Tuesday, shot the driver several times, grabbed the child and took off. The bus driver later died.

4. Andrew Borakove left Los Angeles and a job as a television comedy writer. Now he may be the world's pre-eminent gong dealer³ - selling hundreds of gongs, stands and gong-banging mallets a year from his home in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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1 curbing
n.边石，边石的材料v.限制，克制，抑制( curb的现在分词 )
参考例句：
Progress has been made in curbing inflation. 在控制通货膨胀方面已取得了进展。 A range of policies have been introduced aimed at curbing inflation. 为了抑制通货膨胀实施了一系列的政策。

2 curbs
v.限制，克制，抑制( curb的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
In executing his functions he is not bound by any legal curbs on his power. 在他履行职务时，他的权力是不受任何法律约束的。来自辞典例句 Curbs on air travel were being worked out and would shortly be announced. 限制航空旅行的有关规定正在拟定中，不久即将公布。来自辞典例句

3 dealer
n.商人，贩子
参考例句：
The dealer spent hours bargaining for the painting.那个商人为购买那幅画花了几个小时讨价还价。 The dealer reduced the price for cash down.这家商店对付现金的人减价优惠。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-02-06